Bantams boss Stuart McCall spoke to the Telegraph and Argus after his side's 3-3 pre-season friendly draw at home to Carlisle, McCall, like United boss Greg Abbott, starting to get frustrated in the transfer market :
"We can't give goals away like we did last year or concede as many. We were the third top-scorers in the league and having to score two or three to win a game. You look at the likes of Wycombe, who were winning 1-0, and they get promoted by being strong defensively. So we have got to cut out the errors.
"A couple of transfers that I was hoping would come off might not come off. It's frustrating. Believe you me, it's more frustrating from my point of view than it is for anybody else because I am doing work behind the scenes to make things happen. We had a lad from the Premier League - although it was not a household name and no one would know him - we liked the look of but at the last minute a League One club came in.
"We are not sitting on our hands idle. I've said all along I needed two central midfielders - one definitely and probably two. But that's what the loan market is there for and I'm sure you'll see in the next couple of weeks a lot of teams using it. He (Steve O'Leary) not played much football at all this season but he's a fit lad and only 24. I thought he passed the ball well for us and made a good impression. He has done himself no harm today."